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The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness
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The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness Paperback - 1998

by Paul Schneider

This lyrical narrative history reveals how the love affair between Americans and the Adirondacks--America's first wilderness--has grown and changed over time. 40 photos.


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His book is a romance, a story of first love between Americans and a thing they call "wilderness." For it was in the Adirondacks that masses of non-Native Americans first learned to cherish the wilderness as a place of recreation and solace. In this lyrical narrative history, the author reveals that the affair between Americans and the Adirondacks was by no means one of love at first sight. And even now, Schneider shows that Americans' relationship with the glorious mountains and rivers of the Adirondacks continues to change. As in every good romance, nothing is as simple as it appears.

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It was very odd.

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  • Title The Adirondacks: A History of America's First Wilderness
  • Author Paul Schneider
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Holt McDougal, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date September 15, 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780805059908 / 0805059903
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Library of Congress subjects Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.) - History, Adirondack Park (N.Y.) - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96039844
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.7

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Citations

  • New York Times, 11/08/1998, Page 36

About the author

Paul Schneider lives in West Tisbury, Massachusetts, and New York City. He writes for Harper's, Mirabella (where he works paret-time as deputy editor), and The New York Times Magazine.

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